Flender: I'm Having Such a Hard Time! (Please Keep Reading!)

The next day.

"Flender!"

Yu Xiaogang shoved open Flender's door, glaring at Flender as he slowly drank his tea, looking utterly disappointed in him.

Being shouted at by Yu Xiaogang like that, Flender froze for a moment.

"Xiaogang, what are you here for?"

"You're asking me what I'm here for? Tell me! What happened with Mubai? Why did he leave?"

When Yu Xiaogang learned that Dai Mubai had left that morning, only heaven knew how miserable he had felt.

Although Dai Mubai's character was average, both his talent and martial soul were top tier. Besides, he was a companion Xiao San acknowledged. Originally, Yu Xiaogang had wanted to build a team of his own with Xiao San at the core, and Dai Mubai was perfectly suited to the Power Attack System frontline position in that team.

If Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Xiao Wu were added as well, they could have formed a relatively complete squad. Among them, Dai Mubai would have been the strongest pillar aside from Xiao San, just like Flender was within their Golden Iron Triangle!

Even if Dai Mubai had only one arm left, he could still share most of Xiao San's burden. His usefulness was extremely great!

But now everything was gone!

How could he not be angry?

"Xiaogang, things aren't what you think..."

Before Flender could finish, Yu Xiaogang cut him off.

"I don't care! This is your academy, and Mubai is your student! You can't even protect your own student?"

"Xiaogang!"

Flender's tone grew heavier, finally making Yu Xiaogang shut his mouth.

"Don't speak yet. Hear me out!"

Yu Xiaogang gave a muffled snort, then after a moment, gave another and nodded.

"Go on! I'd like to see what reason you can come up with!"

Flender sighed. "Mubai's departure was his own choice. Do you know what he did? He actually put a bounty on Zhu Zhuqing's life in the Black Market! Do you know what that means?"

"If not for our past relationship as teacher and student, do you think I'd have been willing to wade into this mess?"

"Sending him away was already the limit of my duty. Because of this, you could say I've already offended Jiang Qianhai, who can be called the youngest Title Douluo in the world! Have I still not done enough?"

"Jiang Qianhai again. I told you long ago to drive him away, but you insisted on not listening. Great, now Mubai has been driven away. Are you happy now?"

Yu Xiaogang seized on Flender and scolded him again, not caring in the slightest that the premise of this entire matter was Dai Mubai putting a bounty on Zhu Zhuqing's life.

"You're twisting logic! Why don't you mention the fact that Dai Mubai developed murderous intent toward a companion?"

Flender's temper was stirred up by Yu Xiaogang's words, and he immediately snapped back.

Yu Xiaogang merely gave a cold snort. "Companion? You mean that Zhu Zhuqing? Does she really count as a companion? As I see it, she doesn't even count as a Shrek student! Day after day, not only does she not put the academy's teachers in her eyes at all, she doesn't participate in our training in the slightest. If the academy didn't have her, I believe it would become even better!"

"You don't want an obedient, good child like Mubai, but you want a fake student like her? Flender, have you gone stupid?"

Flender was left speechless by Yu Xiaogang's rebuttal. In his view, Zhu Zhuqing might indeed not fit in with the group, but it was not to the point of not putting the teachers in her eyes. In fact, compared to Ning Rongrong, who pulled a long face whenever she saw him, he felt Zhu Zhuqing's attitude was quite good.

In the end, Yu Xiaogang still held such great hostility toward Zhu Zhuqing because she had not acknowledged his knowledge and had refused the training he arranged, making him think she looked down on him.

But her boyfriend was a Title Douluo. If he trained his own girlfriend, what could they even say?

Between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, he had originally leaned a little toward Dai Mubai. After all, they had spent several years together, so there was naturally some affection there. But ever since Dai Mubai had done something like this, he had been disappointed enough to return to a neutral stance.

Moreover, in the deal with Jiang Qianhai, the academy was supposed to do its utmost to teach Zhu Zhuqing. Now, it had already broken its word somewhat.

Most importantly, compared to the protection of a Title Douluo, the value of a Dai Mubai who would put a bounty on a classmate was far, far from enough!

But now that Yu Xiaogang had forced him like this, he immediately fell into a dilemma.

On one side was Yu Xiaogang, with whom he had a deep friendship. On the other side was Jiang Qianhai, whose strength was terrifying. His already poor mood instantly became even worse.

"You've disappointed me greatly."

Seeing that Flender had no response, Yu Xiaogang shook his head in disappointment. Then, carrying a bellyful of pent-up anger, he flung his sleeves and left.

He would eliminate every threat for Xiao San, because this might be the only chance in his life to come closest to proving his theories!

As long as Xiao San stood at the absolute peak, who would still be able to ignore him, Yu Xiaogang? What he sought in this life was precisely such fame and benefit.

He wanted to prove himself!

Even if his martial soul was no good, he, Yu Xiaogang, could still carve out his own status!

"Remember, that is an Excellency! Don't act recklessly!"

In the end, Flender could only give that warning, afraid Yu Xiaogang would fail to know his limits and provoke Jiang Qianhai. He only felt so tired at heart.

"So what if he's a Title Douluo? It's not like we haven't fought one before!"

However, although Yu Xiaogang believed their Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Technique was not inferior to a Title Douluo, he still did not dare face his Liu Erlong.

So he knew perfectly well in his heart that right now he was just talking big. When the time really came, he absolutely would not be stupid enough to openly oppose Jiang Qianhai.

Because that was the path to death!

And besides, all of this was Flender's business to begin with. He was the dean. Yu Xiaogang himself was merely a teacher acting on a whim.

Wasn't the academy's problem supposed to be his to solve?

He saw nothing wrong with that.

Since Flender couldn't manage it, he could only look for another way.

For example... destroying the relationship between Zhu Zhuqing and Jiang Qianhai!

It wouldn't be easy for him and Tang San to handle this, but Xiao San's sister, Xiao Wu, could. They were both girls, so it shouldn't be hard for her to blend in. And with him and Xiao San helping her plan, Xiao Wu might not be without a chance of pulling it off!

As long as they weren't exposed, once that relationship fell apart, would Jiang Qianhai still stay here?

In a roundabout way, that would also clear an obstacle for Xiao San.

If even that didn't work, then he would have no choice but to set aside his pride and go beg that person from Spirit Hall.

Just then, a blur suddenly streaked across the sky. When Yu Xiaogang saw it, he instantly went silent as a cicada in winter, not a trace of expression showing on his face.

The one who had just passed by was Jiang Qianhai. He had returned from that small town on the border.

In the end, he still hadn't gone to Star Luo, because he had thought it through. If he crushed their First Prince and future princess consort to death inside the Star Luo Empire, what he would likely face afterward was the Star Luo Empire's frenzied retaliation.

So if he wanted to make them pay, he had to beat Star Luo into submission at the same time!

With his current strength, it wasn't that he couldn't beat them. It was just that he would be annoyed to death.

Rather than be harassed by wave after wave of Soul Masters, it was better to beat Star Luo so thoroughly in one go that they wouldn't dare fight back.

For the Star Luo Empire, this was only a matter of balancing face against benefits.

If protecting their pride would clearly cost them far too much, they would naturally back down on their own.

His perception spread out, and after sensing Flender, the corner of Jiang Qianhai's mouth moved.

Inside the office, Flender, who had been gloomily drinking tea, suddenly trembled. A cold, sharp voice entered his ears.

"Flender, if there's a next time, you die!"

Flender nodded, then sighed again.

Great. The tiny bit of goodwill he had painstakingly built up before was completely gone!

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